Nary a day goes by when we don't receive another email at Gadling from an airline or travel agent trumpeting the latest sale fare to this season's hot destination. Fares like $215 to Barcelona, $199 to London and $400 to Buenos Aires tickle our travel fancies, filling us ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Nary a day goes by when we don't receive another email at Gadling from an airline or travel agent trumpeting the latest sale fare to this season's hot destination. Fares like $215 to Barcelona, $199 to London and $400 to Buenos Aires tickle our travel fancies, filling us ...Medical Doctorate? Register with Lufthansa and get free miles
The safest flight on which I have ever flown was between Minneapolis and Honolulu on a Northwest 757. On my way to a wedding in Maui, I happened to be on the exact same flight as 40 surgeons bound for a conference on the island. Imagine my comfort in knowing that if I choked ...Online agencies bright spot in Spanish travel market
The slump in the travel market has certainly affected Spain, which is among the top leisure destinations in Europe. Both foreign travel to Spain and domestic excursions within the country have suffered as a result of the global recession, with travel industry research firm ...Airline demand suffered worst decline in 2009
Demand for airline seats fell 3.5% last year, making it the greatest decline the industry has seen, according to the International Air Transport Association. Airlines had a tough time filling 75% of available seats on average flights, IATA reports, and an early recovery, ...Breaking: Air New Zealand to offer lie-flat seats in transpacific economy cabins
After three years of waiting, the announcement is finally live: Air New Zealand will be reconfiguring their Boeing 777 cabins to incorporate lie flat seats in economy, a revolutionary change to transpacific travel and a godsend to long haul passengers. Traditionally, the ...Air New Zealand to "revolutionize" transpacific travel with new cabins
Tomorrow's announcement from Air New Zealand about their new cabin configurations is purported to be a doozy, a change to transpacific flight that could forever impact the way we think about airline travel.
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Have you ever slept better on an airplane than in your own bed? The only time that this has ever happened to me was on an Air New Zealand flight between LA and Auckland, comfortably tucked into the business class cabin on the upper deck of their 747.
This business ...Trick, repack and rethink your way around the new luggage fees
If you regularly check a bag, then I'm sure the airlines would like to personally thank you for the extra income. In just two years, we've gone from one airline experimenting with a pay-to-check baggage system, to an industry where paying to check any bag is the new ...Guests to stay in control of hotel industry until at least 2012
The light at the end of the tunnel is always cause for hope. When market conditions are at their worst, the promise of a recovery keeps morale from plummeting and gives a reason to keep pushing forward. For the hotel industry, however, there's nothing but darkness for the ...Change the Trend: Use Your Vacation Days
Not everyone is as brazen as Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter. While his publication was in the middle of cutting 5 percent of its staff, he made himself scarce. But, you can do that when you're the top dog. Most people don't take vacations when the Grim Reaper is mingling among ...CW network to launch series on Virgin America flight attendants
Have you ever wondered what Gadling's resident flight attendant Heather Poole does in her spare time? It's the stuff that legends are made out of -- or maybe TV shows. That's what the CW is banking on as they prepare to launch their new series called 'Fly Girls' this ...Some business travelers benefit from the recession
A growing number of business travelers is trading the appellation "road warrior" for "day tripper." Tighter corporate travel budgets are prompting these frequent fliers to complete their roundtrips in one day, rather than assume the expenses of a hotel stay and meals while ...Designing the ideal boarding pass
Underwhelmed by your boarding pass? You're not the only one. That clustermess of bar codes, letters and numbers has enough discombobulating components to make your head spin, usually in the critical four seconds when you're putting your belt back on after security and NEED ...Lies, damned lies, and airfare statistics
Recently, I was asked by a news service if Airfarewatchdog would be interested in providing airfare statistics on various routes to compare average airfares from month to month and year to year.
I don't think this was the answer they were hoping for, but this is what I ...Utah tourism off 10% in 2009, $700 million lost
Utah isn't quite the tourist destination it used to be. Last year, the number of visitors to the state fell by a million, and spending declined 10 percent. The recession kept people from rushing to the slopes, according to the state's 2010 Economic Report to the Governor. ...DMZ water coming to a Korean grocery store near you
With all the bottled water you'll find on grocery store shelves these days, any new player absolutely has to have a gimmick. There are just too many brands on the market. So, a company really does need to go the extra mile to stand out. That's probably why "DMZ 2km" is ...American Airlines is being watched by the FAA
Three strikes have led to increased federal attention for American Airlines. The last month hasn't been kind to the airline. In two instances, planes bumped wingtips with during landings in Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas and another overshot the runway in ...Northwest to disappear this year
Remember Eastern? Pan Am? Well, the next one to join the list of airline has-beens will be Northwest.
Northwest Airlines may have made it to the beginning of 2010, but won't see another New Year's Eve. The carrier, which was acquired by Delta in October 2008, has received ...LetMeGo to pit hotels against each other directly
Normally, I'd think that a website inviting hotels to beg for bid on the insane and detailed requests of travelers would be a nonstarter. But, we're in the middle of a brutal travel market recession. And, this decade has been awful for airlines and hoteliers alike. So, if ...Galley Gossip: 10 signs there's a newbie in first class
1. PHONES HOME - As soon as the first class virgin settles into the big, comfy, leather chair, they immediately begin to phone everyone they know during boarding to share exactly where they are, and they do so in a very loud voice as they recline the seat all the way back, ...
